CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team has been tracking delays of firearm credentials--for more than a year now. Now, the state of Illinois has a plan to fix the problem. The director of Illinois State ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 1899, a measure that allows first-time, nonviolent offenders charged with low-level gun possession to apply for a FOID card while in a court-approved diversion program. Cook ...

Rockford, Il. — State Representative Dave Vella and his district office staff hosted a clinic to help residents with their applications for Firearms Owners Identification (FOID) and Concealed Carry ...

On the final day of the spring legislative session, the Democrat-led Illinois General Assembly passed a measure intended to make it easier for people who have been arrested for carrying guns illegally ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Starting this month everyone who legally owns an assault rifle in Illinois has to register it with the state. The Protect Illinois Communities Act regulates the sale of assault ...

SPRINGFIELD — Despite a temporary rule that extends the expiration dates for Firearm Owners Identification cards and concealed carry permits, many Illinois gun owners are still finding it difficult to ...

CHICAGO -- The heartache at Henry Pratt Company that ended with six people dead and five police officers wounded-started in 2014, although nobody knew it. 2014 is when the shooter Gary Montez Martin ...

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office has charged an Aurora man with felony forgery and falsifying information on a Firearm Owners Identification card application he submitted to the Illinois State ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AURORA, Ill. — Felony charges have been ...

The father of the Highland Park mass shooting suspect was behind bars Friday after prosecutors charged him with seven counts of reckless conduct because he helped his son apply for a FOID card in 2019 ...